Ancillista hasta
| Ancillista hasta | |
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| Shell of Ancillista hasta (holotype) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Ancillariidae |
| Genus: | Ancillista |
| Species: | A. hasta
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| Binomial name | |
| Ancillista hasta (von Martens, 1902)
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Ancillaria hasta E. von Martens, 1902 (original combination) | |
Ancillista hasta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 30 mm, its diameter 11 mm
(Original description in Latin) The shell is elongated and lance-shaped. It is imperforate (lacking an umbilical opening), smooth, and shiny, with a pale rosy-tawny color that turns white toward the apex. It has 7 rather flat whorls that grow regularly, with the sutures being coated over. The body whorl is moderately narrow and slightly convex. At its base, it is sculpted with three prominent spiral lines that enclose two impressed zones; below these lines, it is white. The aperture occupies 2/3 of the total length and is lance-shaped. The outer lip is slightly wavy and white, while the very bottom of the columellar margin is vertical and thickened. [2]
Distribution
This marine species was found on the Agulhas Bank, South Africa.
References
- ^ Ancillista hasta (von Martens, 1902). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
- ^ Martens, E. von (1902). "Einige neue Arten von Meer-Conchylien aus den Sammlungen der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition unter der Leitung von Prof. Carl Chun, 1898–99". Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin. 1902: 241. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
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